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Includes bibliographical references and index

Prologue : the public domain from 1776-1946 -- The search for an identity : the Bureau of Land Management, 1946-1960 -- A multiple use mandate : the 1960s -- An agency with a mission : the 1970s -- BLM consolidates its gains : the 1980s -- Appendix 1 : commonly used acronyms -- Appendix 2 : chronology of significant events -- Appendix 3 : commissioners and directors

Featured articles: Chapter 1. Jefferson and Hamilton and the public lands / by Jerry A. O'Callaghan -- Commissioners of the General Land Office / by Jerry A. O'Callaghan -- Surveying New Mexico Territory in 1859 / by R.E. Clements and L. Archer -- William Morris Stewart - "father" of the Mining Law . by William Condit -- The Beaubien-Miranda (maxwell) Mexican Land Grant / by Andrew Senti -- Commissioner William A. J. Sparks confronts public land fraud / by William A. J. Sparks -- Land rush in Oklahoma Territory / by Anthony Rice -- Theodore Roosevelt on conservation / Theodore Roosevelt -- History of the U.S. Geological Survey's Conservation Division / by Larry Godwin -- Administrative principles of the grazing service / by Richard Rutledge -- The Alaskan fire control service / by Roger R. Robinson -- Chapter 2. A director's perspective : 1948-1953 / by Marion Clawsin -- The range advisory board system / by A.D Brownfield -- Tales of early BLM forestry in Alaska / by Edwin Zaidlicz -- A director's perspective : 1953-1961 / by Edward Woozley -- Records improvement project / by Tom Adler -- Eastern States Office / by Curt Jones -- Chapter 3. Service center role in BLM / by Ed Dettman -- A director's perspective : 1961-1963 / by Karl S. Landstrom -- Classification and Multiple Use Act / by Irving Senzel -- A new emblem for BLM / by Charles H. Stoddard -- A director's perspective : 1963-1966 / by Charles H. Stoddard -- The Alaska State Land Selection Program : a state perspective / by Roscoe E. Bell -- Off-road vehicle management / by Ralph M. Conrad -- California Desert Program : 1966-1974 / by J. Russell Penny -- The Vale Project / by Max Lieurance -- The Boise Interagency Fire Center / by Jack Wilson -- The big blow / by Larry L. Woodard -- BLM's first "lady" forester / by Edwin Zaidlicz -- Trail Blazer : BLM's first woman forester / by Elaine Pearsons -- A director's perspective : 1966-1971 / by Boyd L. Rasmussen -- Nigerian experience / by Jack McIntosh -- Chapter 4. A director's perspective : 1971-1973 / by Burt Silcock -- Implementing NEPA in BLM / by Ron Hofman -- Environmental education / by Ron Hofman -- BLM's response to the Public Land Law Review Commission / by Mike Harvey -- How FLPMA passed / by Eleanor Schwartz -- The FLPMA tightrope / by George Turcott -- A director's perspective : 1973-1977 / by Curt Berklund -- From MFPs to RMPs / by Robert Jones -- Alaska's Outer Continental Shelf Office / by Edward J. Hoffmann -- Upheaval in Alaska land status / by Curtis V. McVee -- A world class project : the Trans-Alaska Pipeline / by Arlan Kohl -- Ralph, Rita, and Gena / by Tom Noble -- Phoenix Training Center / by Vi Dille and Ken McGinty -- A director's perspective : 1978-1981 / by Frank Gregg -- Implementing FLPMA / by Frank Gregg -- A woman in firefighting / by Louise Power -- Chapter 5. A state director's perspective / by Clair M. Whitlock -- History of BLM land exchanges in Arizona / by D. Dean Bibles -- The differences between BLM and the Forest Service / by Sally K. Fairfax -- The lead mines of Missouri / by Charlie Most -- The missiles of Garrison / by William Frey -- On being a Navajo Coordinator / by Danny S. Charlie -- Life as a P.E.T. / by Paul Parthun -- The trials and tribulations of being a Resource Area Manager / by Phyllis Roseberry -- Bureau Air Resource Management / by Al Riebau -- BLM's Hazardous Materials Program / by Myra Musiakiewicz and Michael Giblin -- Desert bighorn and BLM / by Allen Cooperrider -- A wild horse roundup / by Robert E. Stewart -- Cultural Resource Management in Arizona / by Gary Stumpf -- The East Mojave National Scenic Area / by John Bailey -- Wilderness Review Process in Utah / by Gregory F. Thayn -- A director's perspective : 1981-1989 / by Robert F. Burford --The Human Resource Development Committee and its role in implementing change in the Bureau of Land Management / by Mike Evans

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